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Koine Greek wordlink #117010

SR GNT 1 Cor 10:15 φημί (faʸmi) ‘judge you_all what I am saying’ Strongs=53460 Lemma=fēmi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form φημί (V-IPA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φημί’ (V-IPA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I am saying’.

1 Cor 7:29 ‘this but I am saying brothers the season’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:29 word 3

OET-LV: 29 But this I _am _saying, brothers, the season having _been _shortened is. For/Because _the rest, in _order _that even the ones having wives, as not having may _be, (CO1_7:29)

OET-RV: 29 But brothers and sisters, I will say this: the time is short, so from now on, even those who are married should live as if they’re not. (CO1 7:29)

1 Cor 10:19 ‘what therefore I am saying that an idol_sacrificed thing anything’ SR GNT 1 Cor 10:19 word 3

OET-LV: 19 Therefore what I _am _saying? That an_idol _sacrificed thing anything is, anything is? (CO1_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 So what am I saying? That whether or not food is sacrificed to idols means anything? Or that an idol is anything? (CO1 10:19)

1 Cor 15:50 ‘this and I am saying brothers that flesh’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:50 word 3

OET-LV: 50 And this I _am _saying, brothers, that flesh and blood the_kingdom of_god to _inherit not is _able, nor the corruption, the indestructibility is _inheriting. (CO1_15:50)

OET-RV: 50 Now brothers and sisters, I can tell you all that our present physical bodies can’t inherit God’s kingdom, and nor can corrupt things inherit immortality. (CO1 15:50)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fēmi’ have 7 different glosses: ‘are saying’, ‘is saying’, ‘was saying’, ‘I am saying’, ‘he is saying’, ‘he was saying’, ‘she is saying’.

Key: V=verb